Perseverance Quotes

Every great achievement required someone who refused to quit. These quotes tell that story.

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"Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be wearied."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Our merely personal consumption does not require the whole of our resources; there is always something left for the improvement of our condition."
John Stuart Mill
"Suffering and sacrifice can be ennobling, or they can be merely destructive; it depends upon our response to them."
John Stuart Mill
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"By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation."
Edmund Burke
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"A reformer should be a man of patience and fortitude."
Jeremy Bentham
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"Perseverance is required in all undertakings."
Queen Victoria
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"I have never regretted my mistakes, for I have always learned from them."
Prince Metternich
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"Perseverance is the virtue of the great."
Prince Metternich
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"Perseverance is the virtue that has sustained me through all trials."
Queen Victoria
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"I have always believed that the secret of success is constancy of purpose."
William Gladstone
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"No great work can be executed without time, patience, and perseverance."
William Gladstone
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"Resignation is the virtue of the conquered."
Prince Metternich
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"The conduct of a losing party never can be regarded as very meritorious."
Edmund Burke
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"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."
Edmund Burke
"I place no value on anything I do unless it is of hard work."
Wilhelm II
"One must persevere through all trials."
Wilhelm II
"Perseverance conquers all obstacles."
Wilhelm II
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"Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"Through thick and thin, duty never wavers in the heart of the faithful."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"Genius is the act of a whole life, not a flash."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"God is in the details; only the meticulous shall thrive."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"Progress requires both vision and perseverance."
Lord Palmerston
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"I do not believe in half measures; one must commit fully or not at all."
Queen Victoria
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"Perseverance in the face of adversity is the mark of a noble character."
Queen Victoria
"Hardly anything will be done at all if everybody waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault with what he has done."
John Stuart Mill
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"The measure of our commitment is tested in times of difficulty."
William Gladstone
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"The persistence of virtue through hardship is the mark of true character."
William Gladstone
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"I have always found that the true path to success lies through perseverance."
Prince Metternich
"I have learned more from my failures than from any success."
Wilhelm II